Decius Rabirius Silo

Decius Rabirius Silo was a Roman soldier who served as acting commander of the Roman Senate's legions at the time of the Battle of Mons Eretum in 329 BC. A junior member of the Senate faction of Roman politics, Silo was dispatched to repel the barbarian warlord Dumnorix's invasion of Latium, and Silo and Gaius Julius' two armies decisively defeated the Umbrian Gauls at Mons Eretum.